An executive producer (EP), sometimes called executive in charge of production, is a producer who was not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process in the original definition, but who was still responsible for the overall production. Today, however, the title has become ambiguous, particularly in feature films.

An executive producer of a motion picture is often the person who found and bought the literary property that a film is based on, such as a novel or play. He might hire another producer to develop the project further. If the project gets the green-light to go into principal photography, he might hire a line producer to watch over the production day to day. Since the 1980s, however, it has become increasingly common for the line producer to be given the title of Executive Producer, while the initiating producer takes the "Produced by" credit. On other projects, the reverse happens, with the line producer taking the "Produced by" credit. So the two credits have become effectively interchangeable, with no precise definition.

Eli Holzman (born March 30, 1974) is a creator–developer, writer, and producer best known for creating or serving as Executive Producer on a number of blockbuster reality-based television series, such as Project Runway, Project Greenlight, Beauty and the Geek, Models of the Runway, and Undercover Boss. He is the former head of Miramax Television, Ashton Kutcher's Katalyst Films, and is currently president of Studio Lambert in the United States. He has been nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards for Project Greenlight and Undercover Boss, and twice was nominated for "Television Producer of the Year Award" for reality television by the Producers Guild of America.^{[citation needed]}

After graduating from The Bronx High School of Science, Eli Holzman began his career at Miramax Films in early 1996. He initially worked as an assistant to Harvey Weinstein, on such films as The Mighty in 1998. He soon moved to the film production department. There he worked in a minor capacity on numerous films, including In Too Deep and Rounders.

Charles Robert Band (b. December 27, 1951 in Los Angeles, California) is an American director, writer, and producer, mostly known for his work on horror films.

He is the son of director-producer Albert Band, and brother of the composer Richard Band. With his former wife Meda, he had two children, Alex Band, the vocalist for the band The Calling, and Taryn Band (he also had two more sons with his former wife Debra Dion, Harlan and Zalman). Band's grandfather was the artist Max Band.

His most famous films are those in the Puppet Master franchise and the Subspecies series, made by his company Full Moon Features. Before Full Moon Features, his earlier (and now defunct) company Empire Pictures made films like Ghoulies and the cult classic Re-Animator.

One of the few non-horror films he worked on was the Prehysteria trilogy, which were made by his family oriented company Moonbeam Entertainment.

Gale Anne Hurd (born October 25, 1955) is an American film producer and screenwriter.

Hurd was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Lolita (née Espiau) and Frank E. Hurd, an investor. Her father was Jewish and her mother was Roman Catholic. She grew up in Palm Springs, California and graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in Economics and Communications, in 1977.

She joined New World Pictures as executive assistant to Roger Corman, the company president. She worked her way up through various administrative positions and eventually became involved in production. She formed her own production company, Pacific Western Productions, in 1982 and went on to produce a number of box-office hits including The Terminator (1984),Aliens (1986) and The Abyss (1989). She later married Brian De Palma. In 1998, she was awarded the Women in Film Crystal Award for outstanding women who, through their endurance and the excellence of their work, have helped to expand the role of women within the entertainment industry. She produced the 2010 AMC drama series The Walking Dead.

Edward Lawrence Kitsis, also sometimes credited as Eddy Kitsis, is an American screenwriter and producer, best known for his work on the popular ABC drama series Lost and Once Upon a Time.

Kitsis joined the crew of Lost mid-way through the first season as a writer and producer in 2005. He was promoted to supervising producer for the second season in fall 2005. Kitsis and the writing staff won the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2006 ceremony for their work on the first and second seasons. He was promoted to co-executive producer for the third season in the 2006-2007 television season. He returned as a co-executive producer and writer for the fourth season in 2008. Kitsis was nominated for the WGA Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2009 ceremony for his work on the fourth season of Lost. He was promoted to executive producer for the fifth season in 2009. The writing staff was nominated for the WGA award for Best Dramatic Series again at the February 2010 ceremony for their work on the fifth season. Kitsis remained an executive producer and regular writer for the sixth and final season in 2010.